The unnecessarily low credit rating across Billions of Infrastructure investment could add up to tens of millions of extra costs saddling Aucklanders - thanks to Simeon Brown's and Christopher Luxon's crappy deal over Watercare Services, according to Bernard Hickey at the Kaka.
Bernard has inside info at S&P that it was possible to get the money way cheaper with an AA credit rating if the Government underwrote the balance sheet - but no - we can't be clever cos Christopher Luxon wants to fool us his deal is so great.
As you know Auckland is the only place big enough for such a B grade deal anyway and the rest of the country face credit downgrades too. What an unsustainable model for water care we have coming thanks to National and Act voters.
JAG was sent to the Privileges Committee by Gerry as we knew he would anyway - because Gerry said her actions "could have amounted to a threat or intimidation of a member". DumbTown nostrils flared in white hot rage that JAG had already booked a mahi trip to the Chatham Islands while Audrey Young awarded JAG a brick bat for doing her job rather than allowing herself to be spat at and abused back home. The Greens will not be stripping JAG of her portfolios over this.
There was media silence about Winston and Bob Carr today as everyone moved on cos - well Winston is a man not a Green Party female.
Todd McClay pretended he had won something - but it was just wishful thinking about a trade deal one day with UAE. Todd is quite a glory seeker - but it's not Todd leading the talks.
David Seymour is prancing up and down - like Squirrel Nutkin about a new portal that shows 88.6% of the school attendance data on a weekly basis across the regions.
Ryan Bridge is the new Kate Hawkesby on NewsCrap ZB and will be the curtain raiser to Mike Hosking ( the angry toilet brush ). No more sleeping in for Ryan who is sure to fill Kate's shoes perfectly after the last complaint about her.
Medical Officers and Junior Doctors went on strike this morning and people started to worry about patient safety but no juice from the mean hearted Government.
Christopher Luxon had shocking media rounds this morning where he down played the massive failures on his part and that of Mark Mitchell - who eased on down the road knowing they have immunity from all cosnequence because they are both rich white men.
Chippy skewered Luxon in parliament about his lack of knowledge, lying to save face and exposed Luxon still is not across the details about opex and capex.
Luxon's high level lack of detail and deflection to talking points is beyond a bad joke now - as New Zealanders can't stand the dick.
Chloe pinned Luxon on the ropes over tax today and exposed him as just another greedy twat committed to our outlier tax settings that favour shares, land and residential owners of property.
Gerry Brownlee forgot Rawiri Waititi's name today - a pattern where Gerry sees the skin tone of the member and suddenly has a memory fade and a big blank...this is an ongoing issue now that Audrey Young never mentions while she says Gerry is superb.
Gerry had to be prompted to do his job a few times today by Chris Hipkins and Kieran as Gerry allows out of order questions and rhetoric to flow until he is pulled up as speaker.
It was good to see Gerry stop Winston from his flow breaking tactics today. Gerry sometimes acts impartially - on the rare occasion.
Nobody reading this is Gerry Brownlee !!!
Hooray !!!
Samantha Hayes will front Stuff's new news bulletin from 6 July. Jenna Lynch will also be part of the show.
An under 16 league game in Otara between Otara and Manureaw broke into a bit of a brawl as some spectators ran onto the pitch to attack players. Otara were up 48 nil so who knows why, but it was probably just a couple of bad spectators.
OMG now the Government is cutting NIWA scientists and there is fear that a team of Climate Modellers may be gutted and thrown out onto the ice by Nicola Willis and her tax cuts. Earth systems modelling is highly specialised and yeah - think they are going to get rid of Auckland air quality scientists too cos Neoliberals love the smell of diesel in the mornings.
Fullers did a Fullers at the Waiheke Island wharf this morning - cancelling the 9AM sailing leaving folks stranded who were on their way to connect with international flights and also passengers heading for operations in hospital.
The disruption was made worse when Fullers also announced that the Ferry collecting the stranded was also delayed. Wow private companies aye...this is all thanks to Steven Joyce - you know that dodgy "Million dollar" guy at Waikato University who John Ryan smashed in his report plus - Joyce is the "$4000 per day crony jobs" and of course Mr Dildo himself - loved and admired by Audrey at the NZ Herald.
I got new hearing aids today and afterwards I thought there was something wrong with my left shoe, cos it was making a noise - but then I realised I was hearing footsteps thirty metres away for the first time in years. Wow. I smiled like a baby. I can hear far away footsteps. I can even adjust the setting to noisy rooms and link to my cell.
So this is how the world sounds.
I might have known.
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